The Waynesboro Police Department is requesting assistance in locating a wanted felon, Derek Lee Ritchie, 32 years old. Ritchie is presently wanted from three jurisdictions: Augusta County, Rockingham County and Waynesboro.

Throughout the night on Wednesday, as most of Waynesboro slept, a group of Waynesboro Police detectives, patrol officers, reserve officers and members of the SWAT and Special Operations Unit came together to deliver multiple blows to the drug trade in Waynesboro.

Waynesboro Police have charged two city residents in connection with a reported Sept. 27 shooting incident that involved a tow truck driver attempting to repossess a vehicle. Charles Richard Ramsey, 37, and Christina Lafon Harrison, 37, have both been charged in connection with the incident.

The charges against Marquell Anthony Diggs in the Sept. 18 home invasion robbery have been dropped. A spokesman for the Waynesboro Police Department said in a news release that the PD no longer considers Diggs as a suspect in the crime.

The PD is investigating a home invasion robbery that occurred this morning at an apartment in the 1000 block Albemarle Avenue. The incident occurred within a quarter mile away from Berkeley Glenn Elementary School, which was placed on lockdown.

The Waynesboro Police Department is requesting assistance from the public to locate a missing Waynesboro man. Christopher Michael Mitchell, aka Mikey, 19 years old, was last seen by his family on the morning of August 15 at their residence on North Bath Avenue.

The Waynesboro Police Department has arrested two Waynesboro brothers stemming from a weekend fight that injured a Waynesboro couple. Justin William Brooks, 23 years old, and Dallas Lee Brooks, 30 years old, both face assault charges after the Saturday afternoon altercation.

The Waynesboro Police Department arrested a city man last night on several charges after he assaulted his girlfriend twice. Mark Seneca Sampson, 36 years old, faces two felonies and three misdemeanors stemming from an alcohol-fueled tirade that sent his 40-year-old girlfriend to Augusta Health Emergency Department with a head injury.